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Top Chinese officials 'plotted to overthrow Xi Jinping'
BBC ^ | October 20, 2017 | Staff

Posted on 10/20/2017 5:42:58 AM PDT by C19fan

A top Chinese official has claimed several high-ranking members of the Communist Party had plotted to seize power from President Xi Jinping. These party members have since been arrested or jailed in a wide-reaching corruption crackdown launched by Mr Xi. Some observers have said the crackdown was used to conduct a political purge of Mr Xi's opponents.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: china
President Xi going to the Stalin/Mao playbook.
1 posted on 10/20/2017 5:42:58 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

Wish we could lock up the people after OUR president.


2 posted on 10/20/2017 5:45:51 AM PDT by New Jersey Realist ( (Be Nice To Your Kids. They Will Pick Out Your Nursing Home))
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Gotta keep those container ships heading east.


3 posted on 10/20/2017 5:49:49 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: C19fan
President Xi going to the Stalin/Mao playbook.

The Erdogan playbook.

4 posted on 10/20/2017 5:51:26 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: C19fan

Dang, nobody here saw that one coming./s


5 posted on 10/20/2017 5:52:13 AM PDT by mazda77
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Not a word in the article about what changes the accused plotters wanted to make, or If any real ideological struggle was involved.


6 posted on 10/20/2017 5:54:59 AM PDT by Will88
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Not a word in the article about what changes the accused plotters wanted to make, or If any real ideological struggle was involved.

That would require an investigative reporter. They don't need those anymore.

7 posted on 10/20/2017 6:09:58 AM PDT by plain talk
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That’s a critical detail, since Xi Jinping has both Maoist and capitalist enemies. Without telling us which these are, the article is virtually useless.


8 posted on 10/20/2017 6:16:50 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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Occam’s Razor in these times would suggest the capitalist enemies.


9 posted on 10/20/2017 6:20:17 AM PDT by txhurl
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To: C19fan

If you intend to strike the king, you had better kill him.


10 posted on 10/20/2017 6:28:33 AM PDT by Salvavida (The Missouri citizen's militia sends its regards.)
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To: plain talk; Mr. Jeeves

Yep, I was eagerly reading the article to find out what sort of rebels might be plotting against the Chinese power struction, and I learned nothing.


11 posted on 10/20/2017 7:20:21 AM PDT by Will88
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This plot or plots is from a few years ago.


12 posted on 10/20/2017 7:28:20 AM PDT by Chad_the_Impaler
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My guess would be there was no attempted coup. That we have a purge. Getting rid of those too loyal to Xi’s rivals.


13 posted on 10/20/2017 7:32:13 AM PDT by dennisw (Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it is enemy action.)
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